Lauren down to miami for a giant food fight. The hosted a tomato fight for 20 people able to throw around 20,000 gallons of unused tomatoes. More than a thousand people showed up. David and am wanting to watch watch tomorrow is the Federal Reserve chief ben bernanke testimony in front of the Senate Banking committee. Remember Global Markets took a big hit last week following the publication of the minutes from the fed is last meetings that could move the market. Lauren tomorrow, liz claman joins us live for this uni the h exclusive interview with treasury secretary. We dont want to miss that. David but now we have money with Melissa Francis next. Melissa i am Melissa Francis and heres what is money tonight. In the looming budget with automatic spending cuts, some lawmakers are actually giving money back to taxpayers. South carolina congressman geoff duncan is here to explain how he is doing it. Maybe the white house should listen up. I dont know. With three days left until the sequeste
Confirmation after hours and hours in the hot seat . Electronic terror . Thousands of passengers are facing a new ban on Electronic Devices onboard certain overseas flights to the United States. Were getting new information about a Security Threat behind this unprecedented move. And sudden silence. The Trump White House clams up about the president s wiretap claim, just hours after the fbi director publicly debunked the allegation. Will the tweeter in chief pay a price for one of the most stunningly false statements hes made . We wnt waant to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news this hour, President Trumps promise to repeal and replace obamacare is in jeopardy, despite his personal appeal to defiant members of his own party as the clock clicks toward a cliffhanger vote in the house of representatives some 48 hours from now. Mr. Trump meeting with republican lawmakers on capi
An investigation in the white house launching a new more aggressive Counter Campaign after a week of explanations, team trump is punching back hard to keep the president out of the story. Take a listen. No, i dont represent donald trump jr. , and i dont know for sure who was at that meeting. I dont think the denials are suspect. And i dont think the denial by the president of the United States is suspect at all. Im not involved with the discussions with the lawyers about wo paid what entity and i certainly dont represent donald trump jr. I dont represent donald trump jr. , i represent the president and the president was not aware of that meeting. Im obviously e the president has been very clear on that. He had no meetings, and was aware of no meetings with russians. Jay hit all five morning news shows and he wasnt the only member of team trump who came out swinging this morning. The donald himself got back on twitter and released a storm of messages voicing strong support for his son a
Saturday, nice to be with you at home. Americas news headquarters is here for the next two hours. Im leland vittert. Elizabeth im elizabeth prann. Five Senate Republicans say they cannot support the health care draft as written. Changes are likely now between now and next week when leadership wants to vote on it. And on capitol hill, the republicans are facing tough negotiations within their own ranks. Hi, garrett. The republicans hold 52 seats in the senate and may need 50 votes to pass, but right now five g. O. P. Senators are saying its a no unless changes are made. Ted cruz wants states to have more flexibility to buy and sell. And ron paul wants mo rand pa wants more repeal of obamacare. And these and the health care in the last ten years here is the second of this, this bill passes, premiums going down, there isnt anything in this legislation that will lower premiums. Apart from those five, there are a number of other republicans who still havent decided whether or not theyll sup
With the countdown to President Trumps travel ban finally going into effect and we are hours away from portions of the revised ban being implemented following the Supreme Courts decision that took place earlier this week. And we are covering every angle of this developing story. How its going to affect you and people around the world. We have the best team of reporters and analysts on hand starting with nbcs Peter Alexander live at the white house. Peter, as usual, im confused. Who does the ban impact and what does it mean for travellers . Good question. It hasnt formally been laid out by the administration but we are getting a better understanding where it stands. Months after the president s initial then revised travel ban, now the enforcement begins about 8 00 p. M. Today. Thats with the implementation in effect. These are the countries affected. They include iran, sudan, libya, syria, somalia, and yemen. This 90 day, 120day travel ban takes effect, modified relationship to someone